Department of Health Behavior
Faculty
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Linda A. Alexander, EdD
Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Associate Professor
859-218-2033
Dr. Linda A. Alexander joined the College of Agriculture as an Extension Health Specialist in Family and Consumer Sciences and will hold a joint appointment in the College of Medicine as an Associate Professor in the UK College of Public Health. She received her undergraduate and Masters’ degrees from James Madison University in Virginia, and her doctorate from the University of Virginia. As a National Institutes of Health award recipient in 1991, Dr. Alexander completed a three-year fellowship in Cardiovascular Epidemiology as a Post-Doctoral Student at Howard University in Washington, D.C. Dr. Alexander brings a wealth of diverse Extension experiences to the UK system after serving three years as a Health Specialist for Texas Cooperative Extension in College Station, Texas. She has been instrumental in developing the standards for core competencies in health for County Extension Faculty, and is currently helping to shape the course of health education and health promotion for the Commonwealth through her involvement in UK’s College of Public Health and Family & Consumer Sciences.
Research Interests
Linda A. Alexander has published in the area of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome for the Journal of Extension, written numerous health related articles on topics ranging from children’s asthma and allergies, environmental tobacco smoke to women and heart disease.